Looking east from the Avila Pier along the buoy line.
We had a nice morning at Avila Beach today. At 7:30 it was sunny and still, 46° and what light fog there had been was almost burned off. The water temperature was 53° and the water was clear and glassy.
This ship has been mooring in the bay the last few days. I think it was here last year for work connected with laying undersea cables.
Swimming this morning were Duke, Pat, Niel and Jodi. Pat lives in Santa Maria and had connected with Duke about doing some open water swimming. This was to be his first ocean swim on this side of the Pacific. He previous experience had been swimming in the ocean around Okinawa. We started out by going down the swim zone buoys to the east and back and then under the pier to the west end of the buoys at the creek mouth. There was no stinky water there today. We swam to the end of the Avila Pier and regrouped. Duke and Pat went in while Jodi and Niel went over to the third crossbars on the C.P. Pier, swam along the pier to the second crossbars and then back to the first buoy and in.
The air temperature was not as warm as yesterday and the wind was not coming up as early but the conditions made for a very nice swim.
We saw Tom Lorish as he was getting in.
Pat, Jodi and Niel at the forth buoy on the east side.
Niel, Duke and Pat at the same spot.
I'll swim Tuesday morning at 8.
niel
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